The Sojourn
- Authors
- Krivak, Andrew
- Publisher
- Bellevue Literary Press
- Tags
- historical , soldiers , war , soldiers - austria , austria , war & military , world war; 1914-1918 , literary , fiction , historical fiction , prisoners of war
- ISBN
- 9781934137345
- Date
- 2011-04-19T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.18 MB
- Lang
- en
*The Sojourn* is the story of Jozef Vinich, who was uprooted from a 19th-century mining town in Colorado by a family tragedy and returns with his father to an impoverished shepherd’s life in rural Austria-Hungary. When World War One comes, Jozef joins his adopted brother as a sharpshooter in the Kaiser’s army, surviving a perilous trek across the frozen Italian Alps and capture by a victorious enemy.
A stirring tale of brotherhood, coming-of-age, and survival, that was inspired by the author’s own family history, this novel evokes a time when Czechs, Slovaks, Austrians, and Germans fought on the same side while divided by language, ethnicity, and social class in the most brutal war to date. It is also a poignant tale of fathers and sons, addressing the great immigration to America and the desire to live the American dream amidst the unfolding tragedy in Europe.